The prelaunching functionality allows several applications to load in the background when the Samsung TV is switched on. When the user runs a prelaunched application, it launches immediately with no loading time. The number of applications that can be prelaunched depends on the TV model and available runtime memory.

The following table lists the Samsung TV models that support prelaunching. It is not supported anymore since 2019 smart TV. Prelaunching is supported on the TV emulator.

Table 1. Samsung TV models supporting prelaunching

Model Year

Model Numbers

2018

Only for QTV

2017

Only for 17TV_PREMIUM

2016

16TV_STANDARD1 and higher

2015

All models 9000 and higherSome models below 9000

Prelaunching on 2016 ~ 2018 Models

From 2016 to 2018 models, prelaunching is enabled for applications by default. Applications on the left side of the Smart Hub launcher are prelaunched when the TV is switched on.

You can test application prelaunching by adding your application to the Smart Hub launcher: